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Creativity and Innovation Resource Centre

The Creativity and Innovation Resource Centre is a reference collection housed in the City Hall Public Library. Containing more than 1,500 books and journals, the CIRC is Asia’s largest publicly accessible collection of resources on the subjects of creativity and innovation. The core collection is comprised of 1,000 titles selected by the world famous International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College, New York.

Made up of both academic and non-academic texts, the collection comprises a vast knowledge base of materials of interest to anyone searching to learn more about creativity, enhancing his or her own creative abilities, teaching creative problem solving skills to others, managing change, or creating the future.

Established in 2003 by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the CIRC includes seating for 20 researchers and an Online Library Catalogue. Two computers with broadband access to the Internet were donated by the Creative Initiatives Foundation. The books and journals, on loan from Creative Initiatives Foundation, were purchased with a grant provided by Po Chung, SBS, OBE, JP and his wife Helen.

The entire contents of the CIRC collection is included in the Hong Kong Public Library Online Catalogue. Use the Hong Kong Public Library online catalogue to search for titles or subjects that interest you. The catalogue will identify whether the book is in the CIRC collection.

Go to International Center for Studies in Creativity (ICSC) of Buffalo State College. The core collection, comprised of the 1,000 titles that were selected by the ICSC. Their Creativity Based Information Resources (CBIR) database contains 12,180 annotated references of works focusing on creativity literature. To search the database, enter the author’s name, title, key words, or descriptors and click the 「Search」 button. You can search titles included in our centre by choosing 「Hong Kong City Hall Public Library」 under the 「collection」 search criteria. Searched items will also be indicated of their specific libraries with annotation.